News tagged with bald eagles

Bald eagles: an amazing comeback story

On a clear, cool fall morning, a bald eagle swoops in from its perch on a cliff overlooking Trinity Lake in Northern California.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Field stations foster serendipitous discoveries in environmental, biological sciences

North America's biological field stations have long been home to a rich legacy of research results, scientists say, making them important places for serendipitous discoveries in the biological and environmental ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Aquatic ecologist studies silent killer of bald eagles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Something is killing American bald eagles, and Susan Wilde is determined to find out what. An assistant professor in the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Eagles not flying with doves in Alaska island fishing town

On a recent weekday, Allana Gustafson was pushing an empty mail cart outside the Dutch Harbor post office in Alaska when she heard the beating of wings like heavy breathing behind her.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US eagle webcam becomes internet sensation

Cameras installed high in a tree in the US state of Iowa have made an internet sensation of a family of bald eagles, whose nest is streamed online live day and night.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can we predict which species will be able to move far or fast enough to track changing climate?

As global temperatures rise, suitable sites for many plants and animals are shifting to cooler and higher ground. Can we predict which species will be able to move far or fast enough to keep up? A new study says the secrets ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Webcam fans mourn Calif. bald eagle chick deaths

(AP) -- The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flourishing eagles feast on Maine's rare seabirds

(AP) -- Bald eagles, bouncing back after years of decline, are swaggering forth with an appetite for great cormorant chicks that threatens to wipe out that bird population in the United States.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3